Mason et al., 1996

Mason, L.; Alexander, C. N.; Travis, F. T.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; Gackenbach, J.; Marsh, G.; Walton, K.; and Rainforth, M. Electrophysiological correlates of higher states of consciousness during sleep. Summary of findings of doctoral dissertation by the first author, Department of Psychology, Maharishi International University, 1995. (Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 56(10): 5797B, 1996.)

Also: Findings also published in Dissertation Abstracts International 56(10): 5797B, 1996.

This study found that the experience of pure consciousness during sleep, among participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, was associated with increased EEG theta/­alpha power during deep sleep, decreased EMG activity during deep sleep, increased REM density during REM sleep, and more frequent reports of higher states of consciousness.

Year

1996

Publication type

Doctoral Dissertation

Paper type

Empirical

Collected Papers

Vol. 6, pp. 3832–3835

Section

Electrophysiological and Electroencephalographic Changes

Findings (4)

Authors

• Gail Marsh, PhD

  Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

• Lynne Mason, PhD

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• Charles N. Alexander, PhD

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• Frederick T. Travis, PhD

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• David W. Orme-Johnson, PhD

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• Kenneth Walton, PhD

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• Maxwell Rainforth, MS MA

  Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA

• Jayne Gackenbach, PhD

  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada